The Sun. — London, England, 1864-03-12 00:00:00

VIO zi AND COUXERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Tice discount market, to-day, has been quiet, with a steady business on previous terms. About £3,000 in gold was taken into the Bank yesterday. There was no alteration in the foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon. Since Monday last the imports of specie have amounted to £203,100, while the exports have been to the extent of £627,300. Letters from Madrid of the 25th February state that a project of law regarding the Passive Debt has been deposited in the Cortes that will put an ' end to the unfortunate conflict existiug between Spain and the holders of the bonds of the said debt in France. A. telegraph despatch of the 9th inst. advises that the project of law, after being read in Public sitting, has been taken into consideration by the Chamber." The Stock Exchange Committee has appointed settling days in the shares of the following cora- Panies, viz.: —Financial Corporation (Limited), and London and Italian, and Adriatic Steam Naviga tion (Limited), to be marked ; Fairbairn Engineer ing (Limited), to be marked in the Twice a-Week List ; National Discount (Limited), new shares, to be marked. The committee have ordered the B Shares of the Crystal Palace and Sonth London J-unetion Railway to be marked in the Twice a- Week List. The directors of the London and Sauth American Bank have convened their first ordinary meeting, to receive the report and to declare a dividend. The National Provincial Marine Insurance Com pany is rapdly advancing towards completion, and thed irectors are on the eve of closing their applica tion list. Shares were iu demand to-day at 11 to 1 pm. M. E. Mavrogordato, Esq., has joined the board of directors, and brings to bear considerable influence in the interests of this company. Two O'. At the Paris B ourse thi s d ay, according CLOCK to Mr. neuter's telegrams, the Three per Cent. Routes opened at 66fr 45c., 66fr. 50c. Firm. There has been a steady business to-day in the market for the English Funds, and the quotations have not undergone any material variation, Con- _ cols being 911 for transfer, end 911 1 for the account. Dealings have taken place in the New Threes, at 891 d ; the Reduced Annuities, at 891 ; se l ] schequer Bills, p ar; I n di a Stock, 2191; do. 5 per Cents., 1041; Enfaced 51 per Cents., 1131 ; and sj , the D.3bentures, 991. There has been general firmness in the principal speculative Foreign Stocks, and business has been 1 ( more active. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 691 ; do, Consolides, 514 a ; Mexican, 422 3 ; Greek, 23 1; 14 , do. Coupons, 10± ; Spanish Passive, 361 st. Z ; do. ! C ertificates, 13Z-, 141; P or t uguese , 471 481 ; Italian, st ! 6 61 67 ; and the Confederate Loan, 44 46. In the Railway Share Market the .dealings have q .l , been very li m it e d and quotations have not varied to any important extent. London, Chatham, and lover, and South Eastern have improved about 55., While Bristol and Exeter have declined 10s. The Foreign and Colonial lines show variation. Lel a Bank and Miscellaneous Shares exhibit rather et less firmness. London J London and C oun t y are at 562, oint Stock, 414; London and Westmin ster, 80; Credit Foneier are quoted 14 2 prem. i Credit Mobilier, 4 11, prem. ; Imperial Financial, it 3 ',1 prem. ; Q ueensland Sheep Company, 2 12- a s t „P r am. ; and Thames Iron Shipb u ildi ng C ompany, t 3 -1 prem. ; National Provincial Marine Insur- 4t 1411C8 are quoted 1 14 prem. BRITISH FU NDS —CLOSING PRICES. per Cent. Consols 9 li 3 Ditto Account, April 8 .... Newper Cent. Reduced 3 per Cent. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 21 & 3 per Cent — A anuities, 30 yrs, expire 6th Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 l4l ex div Ditto £5OO Bank r Ditt o £ lO O and £2OO • En gland Stk, 41 per Ct., last W.-y r , 238 INDIAN GovERNME NT SaCURITIES. India Stock, 101 per Cent , April 1874 2191 Ditto 5 per Cent. Juh: 167 0 Ditto Accoutn. - ' Ditto 4 per Cent,o . ... .IWB .. .. •- ) Ditto Enfaced Pa .per, 4 per Cent.. • • Ditto 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Ditto 51 per Cent., May 1879 Ditto Debentures, 4 per - Ct., April 186 :. : -- -1131 DittDitto ditto A.ug., 1866 99 Dittoo Bonds £l,OOO .............. —dis under £l,OOO ...................... FOREIGN F UNDS —CLOSING PRICES. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto 1859 .............. Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto, 1839 and 1859 .. . ............. Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 ...... Ditto 1863 .. $ 6-1 Ditto Scrip, £55 paid ................ i dis uenos Ayres 6 per • Cent — CDitto Account ............. Lhuba, 6 per Cent. ................... ...... Dilian 6 per Cent ..................... itto 41 pei Cent ................. Co lombian 6 Scrip £BO pd; ............ dis banish 3 per Cent., 1825 ............ ~quador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent.. AgYptian 7 per Cent .............. Ditto, Second •Issue ............... Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons.. — Acc0unt..................... DDitto Account ............. . ........ 221 Ditto Coupons .............. itto Account Italian 5 per Cent.(Maremmana Railway) Mexican 3 per Cent .. • • ...... — Ditto Account 43 2f Ft Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada Ditto 2 per Cent. l'ieclraontese, 5 per Cent.. Ex. 25f — .„, Ditto Scrip (1863) £42 Bs. 3d, paid — Pm rortugu-s_ 3 v 0 per Cent., 1853 Ditt o Account ..._ Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62,' 3 Dit to Accou n t 4Bk 71 Russian 5 p er Cent., 1822, £St — D itto 3 per Cent 1859 1862 B9 . D itto 5 per Cent, %minima 5 per Cent Ditto Account S Panish 3 per Cent Ditto Account f D itto New D e f erred D .Ditto Acco un t .--. Ditto Passive ................ Ditto Account S panish C er t. of Coup not funded 361 7k GI Ditto Account T urkish 6 p er C ent. 1854 14k 13k — Ditto Account Ditto 6 per C ent. 1 858 Ditto Account Ditto £lOO B on d s.. 6B/ Ditto 6 per Ce n t. 1862 Ditto Account .. 69 1 Ditto, £lOO Bonds _ Ditto Guarardeed, 4 p er C ent 3OO Venezuela 3 per Cvnt. 1 3k D itto Account ......... 041,1 24 Ditto 6 per Cent., 1.862 60 Di tto Account... Dividends on th e a b ove payable in Loud .., 63f Dutch 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil . 1011 1 Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates 4taliati, 5 per Cent , 1861, Ex. 25 francs — . C 6 l Ditto Account TWO O'CLOCK. Consols Money •—• 91 j L iiverpool Cotton Market—This Day, 34 841 es abo u t 4,000 bales. No change. Imports, 1,.. lIERTFORDSIIIRE ELECTION.—The polling com ,:teneed yesterday morning in the different districts N eight o'clock, and from the commencement the Comer .a.t. . ,Ie candidate, Mr. Sartees, was in a majority, At ten 's , , l' ° el ( ' when the first return was made, the numbers were : . Irt ees, 469 Cowper, 447 ; majority, 13. Twelve o'clock— 'llrtee G I 8 1 1337 ; Cowper, 1,256 ; majority, 81, Two (i, c'elz--Surtees, 1,923; Cowper, 1,726 ; majority, 197. ) )o lv 'e O'clock (close of the poll)—Surtees, 2,272; Cowper, „ . ,. 1 , 17 ; majorit, 255. The official declaration of the poll I " be made on Monday. IIIIP: SAVOY PALACE.—The s i te extending from v a t Part o f W ellington -street, Strand ,leading t o !,4terloo.bridge, a point furher to the east than tho print e6 establishment of The Sun newspaper, was formerly )hilt by a mansion, called the Savoy Palace. It was '"t in the reign of Henry 111., by Peter, Earl of Savoy, 'ill a Peculiar interest attaches to its memory, from its hay -4 been th e prison of John, King of France, when brought Iltigland by the Black Prince, after the "battle of Poic ,eN, in 1356. Hero, after many years of lingering captivity, lilbra unfortunate monarch breathed his last. The Savoy ):ac° was subsequently converted into a hospital ; and I ° ' . g° I. used it as a place of confinement far deserters. ~e . ,e f its gothic windows, partly in ruins, still remained ..Lu the year 1816, when sr. the now street. it was Pulled down to make room SHARE MARKETS, 'his day, -- - -CY - ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOft.g. zlhare," Railways. Paid. ' Closing Business Price. done. 13.14. Bir.. Wol., an d Str. Val, 25 Blythe and Tyne. 10 liost.,Sleat,andMid.Co st 3ristol and 14.:xeter at .;aledonian 50 ..;ork and Bandon 20 Corn Iva! I 10 Do A 10 Do. B g t :.p n an.li d a h , 50 Dubli been prid to B. n & Belfast June. 25 Dun.,Perth,&Ab. Junc. at Edinburgh & Glasgow. et tilasg. and S. Western. at Great Eastern, Ord. stk at Ditto A stock at Ditto East Anglian at at GlreatNorthof Scotland et 6lreat Northern at Do A stock at Do 13 do et Gt. S. an IW. of Irelanc et Great Western at Do Str Val gua. stock st Lancashire & Yorkshire et London and Blackwaii at Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast at Lon., Chat., and Dover st Lon. & Nor , h Western at Lon. & So'..th Western at Man., Shef., & Lincoln. 50 Maryport and Carlisle. 124 Do shares at Metropolitan Bt Midland Do New at Do Birming. & Derby SO Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland t 5 Do. # shares I 5 Mid Bert ... .0 Do Cray Line ;t North British it Edin., Perth, & Dundee It Nth. Eastern—Berwia 5 Do, G.N.E. purchase , Do Leeds it Do York .... ;t Do Carlisle... ;t North London .0 Do New 18.4 North Staffordshire 0 N. and S. W. Junction t 6cot Hell Central at Scot N. E. ' Aber. stock st Do Scot. Mid, stock 10 Shrews, and Welclipoo; st Shropshire Union st South Don st ,South Eastern 3t 'South Wales !it S. York, and River Dung W Staines, Wok.,andWok 1 15 Stook ton & Datlington I 15 Do 15 Do New, 180& it Taff Vale. 10 Do B 10 Do C 10 Ulster :5 Do .10 Do it Vale of Neath 8t Victoria sta. and Pim st Waterford & Kilkenny et %Vest Cornwall !t W. Hartlepool Har.&R. it West Midland -Oxford it Do Newport It Do Hereford BRITISH P, Railways I.Liantic &St Lawreno , I a, j liom.,Baroda.t.Cent lnd 1 . G'u. 5 per cent.. 20 1)o. New . . . 20 Do. E. Shares... 20i Buffalo and LAM, Huron al 10 Do. Preferonce a/ )0 j Buffalo,BrantAGodriel: / 0 p. ot. bds. Aug. 1, 187 It DO Do. do. July 1, 137 10C 00 Do. do. Jude 1, 1871 100 st .21cutta. ‘ , S.Eastn. (Lin; 10e st i2aperfown Dick Scri 101 ock ltastn. Bengal gu. Sp. 101 eck East Indian. gu. 5 p. c. 10' 20 Do. do. G Ext..... 11 20 Do. do. H do. .. 11 ock Grand Trunk of Canada BA 00 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds.. al' 00 Do. do. deferred.— al. DO Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. al. DO Do. do. deferred...... al] DO Do. 3d Pi ef. stock. ... al )0 Do. do. deferred...... al. 10 Do. 4th Pref. stock... al: 10 Do. do. deferred...... al: iok GLlndlarenlingua.sp.c lOC :0 Do. New gua. sp. a... 15 Do. January, 1862 , ok Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent 10( Gt. W. of Canada Shareb O Do. New ....... if 0 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt, al 0 Do. si p. o. do. '77-8. . al D Indian Branch Limited ck Madras guar., sp. o. 101 31; Do. 4f p. c. Extension 101 ck Do. 44 d 0........ ) Do. Fifth Extension. zk Alclb•Corp. sl p. e. Ends. 1O p 0 Melb. & Hobson's Bay. al 30 Do. 7p. c. Mortg. Bds all 10 Newßrunswick a Ganda Class A and B al' N.lll•C'da6 pe Ist pt bds 1( stock Solnde ........ ) (1( stock Do. Delhi d • .1 1 .. tu Do. do .. . a T, et Do. Punjaub r a 110. Do. ........ , t .I,R , 1 hock Do. Indus. St. Flo. J I ! COLONIAL GOVER 'VENT sf,cu - or. 6 p.c.J ►&Jul3 1877-81 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug 100 100 102 Do. 6p. c.Mar.& Sept. 100 09 101 Do. Ep. c. Jan.&.July. 10C 90 02 - , Do. 5 Inscribed stool; 100 80 91 ! Cape G.Hope, 6p 0,1873 100 106 108 I Do.Ap & Oct. 1880 100 108 110 - ; Do. 1890 100 110 112 no. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 110 111 I Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p e 100 111 111 Mauritius 6 per cent .. 100 106 108 ;Natal Gov. 6 per cent.. 100 168 110 N.ll.Gov.6p.c.Ja.&July 100 ill 103 , Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 10 ;N. S.W. G ov. 5p 3.,186t 10 I Du. p. to 1:W 10 Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 10 - New Zealand O p cent. 10 Nova Scotia Gov. Bp. c. I sterling*, 1875 lOl Queensland Gcv. 6p. o lOl IS. Aus G6p.c.1878.& up 1 iVio.Gov. 6p.e. Ja.&July Do. 10 6 p.o. An.dtOot.. 11 W 199 lo i les 104 106 10) 111 1110 i NES. 35 *1:1 16 570 680 05 70 4.6 304 314 4.0 7 7i 9.0 44 4i , 81 10 11 17s 4 4} 10 36 37 16. b 6f 71 12 85 37 18.0 4 44 6 17 19 3.0 61 7 4 1 .4 83 * 9 5 6 11011 2 2 2f 1.9 .6.7 41 96 ,i 440 160 18.9 65 CO 17.6 26 18 9 194 20 . 4 11 12 21 23 '4 185 195 87f 92i 9_ 3k 37 48 21 3 134 Hi 175. 185 2 — i. Tei .17 2} 2l 8 8i 81 9 83 E 5 120 121 125 126 1271 128; 1M 151' 91 f 6 641 d4l 1091 109; 68 70 10G 103 49 42 107 107; 09 100 51 52 107 i 108 126 12.% 96 9S 52 G 4 24 '26 100} 1001 f. 51 88 B,)' 125 128 1 f 2 774 78, 16! 123 126 4t. 44 98 100 631 641 34 36 90j al 100 102 Si 94 S 7 38 9 10 c 7 8 163 165 5 6 t 3 Si p 91 91 22 24 I SSESSIONS. Closing dd. Price. I I 0 .(,2- 100 1031 101 8p 1 p 7i 53. p Li p II 7} 81 101 103 )0 103 10) tOsi 106.1 O IC4 166 5 p 5 19i 201 11 74 to 11 5/ 61 [1 66 6i 11 5J 53 11 49 51 11 33 E?, :1 26 28 1 22 C 5 1031 WC 103 104 a 9i 10 8 11 104 f; 11 92 94 11 65 87 2 p l 1u23 10 3 j )0 97 OD )0 1,2 96 2 -- .1 IS6 is 3 3 6 100 82 84 100 103 104 00 1021 1031 2 all 1021 103 j .00 00198 103 BRITISH M: 2 'Cambrian Consol. Gold - clltiOrd Amalgamated 1 - - Devon G. Con.. (Tavist )! - East Bassett (Illogan) I 31 - East Clogau Gold Ltd - - East Caradon ... 1, - last Cant Brea... 1 3.4 - ,PI gr'lltussel (Tavistk )! 8.9 - iGam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen ) 51 - jGreat South Tolgus 1 - !G. Wheal Voralelston) 4, iGrenville 6.i Illend's-Foot B.l I Li ingston Downa 4.1 Lady Bertha Hargaret (tiny Lelant ti JI arke Valley.. Alyndy Iron Oro (Liat.)l 2) New Setun 1( North Downs N. Wh '1 Basset (I , 3.1 North Wheal Crolty L'ar Consols (St. Blaze ) , - 11'rovidenee(UnyLelnt.) 10. i South Caradon(St.Cleer, 1; ;S. Cam Brea (Illog - an) - I zi.Wheal Fran. (Mogan) 18.1 Stray Park 30.1 I Vamar Silv.dz Lead Min - fin Croit West Basset (Illogan) l, W. Cr radon (Liskeard) 5 IWest Soton Wheal Basset (Mogan) 5 1 Wheal Buller(ltedruth) 1( Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant), 2.0 WhealLudeott ........ 3.1 Wheal Mary Ann (Men.) 8 Wheal Teton . . 5l Wheal Trelawney (Lie.) 7 Wheal Union 3.' $7 91 84 193 200 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Eastern, E. Counties, Ext. No. 2, 107 Great Western Orig - . 43 per cent. pt, 97 London, Chatham, and Dover 5 per cent. pref., 97j6 Midland 45 per cent. pf. stk. rd., 1023 North Eastern, Cons. pret, 4 per cent, Ditto 43 per cent, red., i 9 Stockton and Darlington, Q 6 per cent., 33 Ditto, B, 6 p.r cent., 33 PREFEttENChI SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern, 5 per cent., pf., Ditto, new 5 per cent,g4i London, Chatham, &c., Illetrop. Ext., B 6 per cent., 981 99 Stockton and Darlington, Class D. pf., 281 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. London, Tilbury, and.:Southend, 100 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Pahia and San Francisco (lim.) gua. 7 per cent., 161 Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidin), 11a FOREIGN MINES. Alamillos, limited, I Mont. Aureoa Brazil Gold Min. Co., 2i7i Yudananiutana of S. Australia, Btu., 3 JOINT-STOCK BANK& Alliance (Um.). Ditto, new, 335 Bank of Egypt, 20f Bank of London. 1055 Bank of Otago, lim., 4 British North American, 481 Consolidated Bank, lim., 1u: 5 English and Irish (lim.), 14 5 European Bank, lira., SI 9 sa 9 Hindustan, china, and Japan (lim.). Ditto, new, issued at 2 pm , 71 85 Imperial Bank (lim.), 27 5 London, Buenos Ayres, and River Plate, Ditto, new, 5 London and County, 575 75 61: LondOn .Joint Stock, 405 London and South African, 27 5 London and South-Western (11m.), 14 5 London and Westminster, so Metrop. and' l'rov. Bank (lim.), 235 Midland Bank (lim.), 145 New South Wales, 50 Oriental Bank Corporation, 615 2 Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi, 105 Ditto, new, 10 Union of Australia, 531 Ditto, new, 4S DOCKS. Southampton, 711 MISCELLANEOUS.. Anc,rlo-Mexican Mint, 201 Australian Mort. Land and Finance, lim., 2i Commercial Union (Insurance!, i 3 Contract Corporation, lim., c 1 Crystal Palace, Ditto, pref:, 114 Crystal Palace, 6 per cent. perpetl. deb. 113 6 East India Irrigation and Canal, 31 Egyptian Commercial and Trading, lira., Gen. Credit and Finance of Lonuon, ; Hudson's Bay, 18 Interwitional Financial Society, 12 nri - Intereolonial Itoval Mail Steam, lim., 8 Ditto, new 51 Lo ndon Financial Association, lim., 25 # 4; London Provincial Marine 3/ National Discount Company, lirn., 111 4 Quebracla Land, hail„and Mining, 1 1 mi Si Scottjal Australian luyestnatut, Um., 191 100 100 100 t 6.13.9 lOU 100 100 100 Business done ITIES. TEE SUN, LONDON, SAT VRDA Y EVENING MARCH 12, 1864. —(This Day, This morning the committees appointed to inquire into the validity of the Berwick-upon-Tweed and Lisburn elec tions assembled for the second time. In each case evidence was taken with a view to show that the agents of the sitting member—Mr. Cargill in the case of Berwick-upon- Tweed, and Mr.,EiVernon, in Lisbure —were returned by means of bribery. The only noticeable feature connected with the proceedings this morning was the pre sence of a large number of women—some of them with babies in their arms, who had been brought from Ireland to give evidence. No result may be expected in either case until Tuesday or lifelnesday. LAW INTELLIGENCE —This Day. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.) His Honour disposed of a short list of causes, the only case of the slightest interest being RE LITSCOMBE. This bankrupt had carried on business at the Thatched House, Exchange-court, Strand, and the important feature in the case was, that the debts were only £33 Gs. 3d., and the assets realised amounted to £125. It appeared from the statement of Mr. W. H. Griffith, the bankrupt's counsel, that the bankrupt had been grossly imposed upon as to the value of the place, and had brought an action for the false representation, and recovered £l2O damages, which had been paid into court. The bankrupt having taken proceed ings in bankruptcy, had lost £195, which he paid on going in. His Honour granted an immediate order of discharge to bankrupt of the balance, and also cn the payment of fees, which amounted, after payment of court fees, to £4l 14s sd. RE PAZEY. In this case, which was adjourned a few days since, his Honour intimated yesterday that judgment would not be delivered until after Easter. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUG 11-STREET. CRUEL ROBBERY.—William Thrift, a lad, was charged as follow ; Mary Ann Emery, a widow, living in Hayes-court, Newport-market, said that about 11 o'clock, while return ing from borrowing some money to pay her rent, she was nearly knocked down by a cab in Coventry-street, and the prisoner and another man helped her to a doorway. On recovering herself she gave them some drink. The pri soner then walked home with her, she holding her purse in her hand in her pocket till she got near Newport-market, when she withdrew her hand from her pocket. The pri soner still accompanied and left her at her door. She sat up ironing for some hours, and on going to her pocket to get some money to buy bread for her children, she found her purse, containing eight half-crowns, gone. James Stephens, 24 C, said that on taking the prisoner into custrdy that morning at the place where he lived, he said that if the prosecutris did not press the charge he would give her the money back again. Mr. K nos remanded the prisoner, THAMES. THE GOOD NATURED IRISHMAN.—JOLIR Yealey, a car man, in the service of Mr. Hickmott, builder, in the Mile end-road, was brought up on remand before Mr. Paget charged with committing a violent and dangerous assault on Martin Reardon, an Irishman, of 133, Great Suffolk street, Southwark. The complainant has received a very serious injury which will affect him during the remainder of his life. His nose was bound up with surgical plaisters. The certificate of Mr. Robert Hunter, house surgeon of the London Hospital, stated that Reardon was admitted there on Monday last with a compound fracture of the nasal bones. On Monday last the prosecutor was driving a horse and cart along High street, Whitechapel, towards London. The prisoner was proceeding in the same direction in charge of a wag gon and two horses. He was riding sideways on the leading horse of his team. The off wheel of Reardon's (prosecutor) curt got close to the prisoner's toes, but did not touch them. The prisoner immediately struck Reardon across the face with the butt end of the handle of a heavy cart whip, and smashed his nose. The poor fellow was knocked backwards and became insensible. He bled from the nostrils all the remainder of the day and all Monday night. The whip handle was ferruled and very heavy. Mr. Joseph Smith, solicitor, on the part of the defendant, said Reardon's statement was substantially correct, and no one could regret the unfortunate occurrence more than the prisoner, who struck the complainant in the heat of passion. The prisoner stopped his team, and assisted Reardon into a doctors shop. The blow was intended for the complain ant's back, not his face. The prisoner was riding a very dangerous and vicious horse, and the complainant's cart came so near to it that ho was afraid the horse would be injured. The prisoner was a steady, sober man, with an excellent character, and his master would sea that Reardon was compensated. The horse was unmanageable, end would not go without it was ridden, Mr. Paget thought it was a most novel and extraordinary proceeding for a man to ride an unmanageable horse side ways. The prisoner had been guilty of a most violent and uujustifiabla assault. He would allow the parties to come to come arrangement. The prisoner was unable or unwilling to make compensa tion, and was remanded. When brought up again he was bailed. It was now announced that a compromise had been effected. Mr. Paget did not want to know the terms, and fined the prisoner a shilling. Yealey was without one, and the Irish man lent him one to pay the penalty, and said he forgave the prisoner from the bottom of his heart, and had not the least animosity against him. The doctor said he would not be able to return to his work for three weeks, and he had only asked the prisoner to pay £3, his three weeks' salary, which he had consented to do. WESTMINSTER. IMPUDENT ROBBERY OP A HORSE-CLOTH.—Matthow Slaney, a laDy about 12 years of age, was charged with stealing a horse-cloth from a cab in Tothill•street, West • minster, William Kennedy, a little boy, said that he was in Tothill•street on Thursday, and saw the prisoner and an other boy watching a cab that a little girl was minding. After walking about for some time the other boy coveted the prisoner by getting between him and the girl while he took the cloth. He ran away with it. Witness told the owner of the cloth, and the boy was chased but lost sight of, Maria Lambert, a person living at 48, Tothill-street, said her husband's cab was standing at the door on Thurs day, and she looked out of the window and saw prisoner take the cloth off the horse and run away with it while another covered him. She ran down stairs and pursued him, but lost sight of him. On Friday morning she again saw him, with the cloth under his arm going about from place to place to try and sell it. She pursued him, and he again escaped her, upon which she gave information to the police, Sergeant Edmund Buckley, 17 B, proved apprehending the prisoner, from information received that morning, in Old Pye-street, Westminster. He was taken to the station, and witness placed him with other boys, and he was iden tified by Kennedy and Mrs. Lambert. He said to witness, "It is not my fault; a bigger boy told me to take R.". Mr. Selfe asked him what he had to say ? Prisoner said that he had taken the cloth, but had been incited by a man and boy to do it. They had sold the cloth, but had not given him any share of the money. He was remanded till Thursday for the sergeant to make inquiries. CONSUMPTION OF COAL.—At the last sitting of the Academie des Sciences Morales et Politiques, M. Dalloz gava the following interesting particulars on the consumption of coal 1789 France consumed 500,000 tons of coal, 220,000 of which were imported ; in 1811 the quantity was 773,000 tons; in 1830 it rose to 1,800,000 tons, and in 1847 to 7,600,000 tons, 2,500,000 of which were im ported. During the four following years—those of the Republic—there was a considerable diminution, the extraction in France being reduced to 4,000,000 tons, and the importation to 2,100,000 tons. In 1853 the consumption rosy to 9,400,000 tons, and in 1859 to 12,400,000 tons. In 1803, the third year after the Conventions of 1860, the quantity consumed was 15,C00,000 tons, 5,200,000 of which were imported, showing the immense increase of manufactures during a period of tranquillity and order. At the commencement of the pre sent century England produced 13,000,000 tons ; in 1838 the quantity rose to 26,000,000 tans. England alone pro duces much more than half the coal extracted throughout the world. The production of coal in the United States is valued at 15,000,000 tons; that of Belgium at 9,000,000; the Zollverein produced upwards of 14,000,000 tons in 1862; so that, if England be omitted, France is one of the richest coal-producing countries in the world. The production of coal is intimately con nected with that of iron, in which article England again holds the first rank. In 1789 France only produced 69,000 tons of cast iron. This quantity rose to 115,000 tons in 1812 ; in 1830, to 317,773 tons of cast iron and 237,379 of wrought iron; in 1817 the figures were respec• tively 602,772 and 376,686; in 1850 the production had fallen to 406,000 tens of cast iron and 216,000 tons of wrought iron. A new rise occurred horneaiately after the Republic; in 1859 France produced 856,000 tons of cast iron and 520,009 of wrought iron; and in 1863 is vaguely stated at the enormous figure of 1,180,000 tons of cast iron and 705,500 tons of wrought iron. The production of Eng land is nearly 4,000,0'20 tons of cast iron; that of the Zollverein, 591,593 tons; of Sweden, 143,000; of Austria, 270,000; and of Belgium, 161,000.—Gatignani. A HARDY ITENTURE.--A few days back a fishing smack named the John Bull, of 26 tons burden, left Yar mouth port for Constantinopl e with a general cargo. She has been purchased for Mr. Norton, of the latter place, and had on board four experienced fishermen of Yarmouth, being intended for the trawling trade in the Black Sea. A large number of the seafaring population collected on the and wish her success on h er v q e u n a t y u t r o es w om itn e essh departure voyage, MARKETS—This Day. COVENT GARDEN. The supply of produce at our market to-day was, for the time of year, moderate. There was a fair business doing at about stationary prices. The following are the leading quotations. PBUIT. (1., Pine apples 8 oto 10 01 Mulberries,pr pt..o oto 0 0 Colonial do., each 0 oto 0 0 Cherries, per lb. 0 oto 0 0 Grapes,per b 5 o tolo 0 . Foreign ditto, pun° oto 0 0 Foreign ao 1 6to 2 61 Filberts, per lb .. 1 3to 1 6 Melons Nectarines, per dz 0 oto 0 0, Cobnuts, per lb .. 0 oto 0 0 Apples, per ht-sv. 2 6to 4 0 ; Almonds, er bus 0 oto 0 0 Pears, per do Oranges, per 100 3 6to S 0 Peaches.... Lemons, per 100.. 3 6to 7 0 Currants, per h.sv 0 oto 0 0 Gooseberrieslif sve° oto 0 0 I Plums, per do 0 oto 0 0 Strawberries pr pt 0 oto 0 0 Greengages, pr do. 0 oto 1) 0 VEGETABLES. Greens, dz bunch 0 oto 7 0 Shallots, per lb Cabbages, pr doz. 1 oto 1 9; Horseradish, pdm 1 oto 2 6 Bed ditto 0 oto 0 0. Parsley, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Savoy do., pr dz 0 10 to 1 9 Celery, per ditto 1 oto 1 9 Cauliflowers, pdz 1 oto 2 6 ! Beet, per doz. .. 0 oto 0 0 Brocoli, per bus. 0 Bto 1 0 Parsnips, per do. 0 oto 0 0 Potatoes, per ton GO oto 95 0 Small salad, p. pn, 0 oto 0 0 New ditto, pr pt t oto 0 0 Mushrooms.p ptl. 0 9to 1 3 Turnips, dz bunch 3 6to 4 6 i Artichokes, each 0 oto 0 0 Carrots,pr do 4 6to 5 6, Cos lett, score .. 0 oto 0 0 Cucumbers 0 oto 0 0 j Mint and savory..o oto 0 0 Garlic, per lb Sorrel, per sieve 0 oto 0 o j Radishes, dz hnds 0 oto 0 0 Green peas, h.-sv. 0 oto 0 0, Tomatoes, doz... 0 oto 0 0 French beans,h.s. 0 ot o 0 01 Chillies, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Onions, doz. bn 1 6to 2 6 I Capsicums, per do 0 oto 0 0 New Do., dz bun 0 oto 0 0 . Rhubarb, per bun 0 9to 1 6 Spinach . . 0 oto 0 0 Asparagus, pr do. 0 oto 0 0 Brussels sprouts 0 oto 0 ISeakalc, per bun. 1 3to 2 0 POULTRY. Turkeys, 4s Od to 8s Od ; geese, Os Od to Os Od each ; goslings, 6s to 8s Od; ducks, 3s Od to 3s 6d; ducklings, 3s Od to 5s Od; rabbits, is Od to 2s Od each; wild do., lld to is 2d; pigeons, Os 6d to O s 10d e a ch; S urre y f ow l s, lOs Od to 14s Od ; chickens, 7s Od to 10s Od; barn-door fowl s , 3s Od to 6s Od ; c a p ons, Os Od ; hares, 3s 6d to Os Od ; ptarmigan, Is 3d to i s 6d each ; pheasants, Os to Os Od ; partridges,Os Od to Os Od ; woodcocks, 3s to Os Od; snipes, 9d to is Od; teal, is 3d to Os Od ; wild ducks, 2s 6d to Os Od ; widgeons, is 3d to Os Od ; plovers, Os 8d to Os 10d each ; guinea fowls, Os Od to Os Od ; roasting pigs, Os Od to Os Od each; Ostend fresh butter, Os lld to is 2d ; English, is 2d to is 4d per lb ; English eggs, 7s 6d to lOs Od ; French do., 6s Od to Os Od per 100; leverets, 3s Od to 3s tid ; grouse, Os 01 to Os Od. BILLINGSGATE. Salmon, is 6d to 18 10d ; trout, Od to 08 ; eels, 5d to 10d ; prawns, Os; pike, skate, st urgeo n, and halib u t, 6d per ; turbots,ss Od to 153 ; cod, 2s Od to lOs Od ; brills, 2s Od to 6s Od ; doreys, 5s -Od to 53 Gd ; mullets, Os 6d t o is 611 ; lobsters, is to 3s Od; crabs, Gd to 2s 6d ; plaice and garnets, Od to Os Od each; soles, 3d to 3s Od per pair; common oysters, 18s to 24s ; natives, 65s to 70s per bushel ; whitings, 2s Od to 5s • haddocks, 6s t o 12 s ; sme lt s, O s Od to Os Od; flounders, Os Od per dozen; mackerel, Os per 100 ; fresh herrings, 7s to 8s per 100; bloaters, Os to Oa per 100; carp and tench, Os Od to Os per brace. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2e 10d to 4s Od; mutton, 3s Od to 4s 4d ; lamb, Os Od to Os Od; veal, 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; and pork, 3s 2d to 4s 4d per Blbs, by the carcase. WHITECHAPEL. Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s Od ; mutton, 3s Od to 4; 4d; veal, 3s Ed to 4s 6d; and pork, 34 2d to 4s 2d per bibs by the carcase. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are fro) Qd to 7d, of household do., 5d to Gd per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. fiAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 lOs Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 lOs Od ; and straw, £1 3s to £1 108 per load. Moderate supply—trade slow. C UMBERLAND.--Metvlow hay, £3 Os to £4los Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 lOs Od ; and straw, £1 2s to £1 lOs per load. Trade dull. WHI TECHAPEL.-11eadow bay, £3 Os to £4 103 ; clover, £4 Os to £5 lOs Od ; and straw, £1 Os to £1 lOs per load. A slow dethand. COAL MARKET. Prfoes of Coal per Ton at the Glove of the market s. d. Buddle'sWest Hartley 15 3 Cowpen Hartley 15 3 Hastings Hartley l5 3 North Pelton Gas 13 6 Tanfield Moor Butes l5 0 Wylam 17 0 Eden Main l7 6 .... -- Walls End. 19 0 Ha5we11...... '''' 18 0 Hartlepool lB 9 South Hetton ...19 0 K elloe . . . ..... .17 9 South Kelloe .18 0 Ttuistall Fleugh Hall 18 0 lletton 18 6 Barton 15 6 ;t, 51; sold. 49. Walls End. Stswart's 18 6 South Hartlepool... l7 6 Ships at market SHIPPING—This Day. LONDON, March 12.—Wind this day at noon—South. Neat ; light breeze, and fine weather. COWES, March 11.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Boadicea, from London for Pernambuco, with loss of jibboom, and other damage. NEWPORT, March 10.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Rising Sun, from London for New York, YARMOUTH, March 11.—Wind S. W.—Arrrived—Water loo, from London for Alexandria, leaky, and with crew refractory. SUNDERLAND, March 10.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Ever. green, for Malta. HOLYHEAD, March 11.—Wind N,W.—Arrived —Bag. dad Packet, from Liverpool for Havannah. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning. Sailed, March 12—Hanover, steamer, for Calais ; Seine et Tamise, steamer, for Paris. DEAL Passed—Catherine and Margaret, from Port Ma, Saturday Morning. ddock, for Copenhagen; Oriental, from. Falmouth, for London; Hero, of Weymouth, from the north, for the west; Regina, of London, from Demerara, for London ; Indies, Greek brig, from London, for Swansea. THE PRIEST AND THE CONSTABLE.—On the 9th of December last a Protestant constable named Wiggins, stationed at Dundrum, in the county of Tipperary, then almost in a dying state, sent for a Roman Catholic priest, and the Rev. W. Corcoran went at once to the police barracks to receive him into his Church and admini• star to him the sacraments. Sub-Inspector Boyce, in command of the station, refused to admit the priest till he had communicated with his superior officer, because Wiggins had been a Protestant all his life, and had just been visited by the Protestant clergyman, and he seemed to be then in too weak a state to understand what he was about. Mr. Corcoran made his way into the sick man's room, but was obliged to withdraw immediately, at Mr. Boyce's request. Aided by the man's wife and a Roman Catholic policeman he subsequently endeavoured to force his way upstairs, but was firml y t h ough gently repulsed. The priest was, however, freely a d mitted next day, and the con stable died a member of the R oman Catholic Church. The temporary exclusion of th e priest caused a great deal of popular excitement in the neighbourhood, and Mr. Corcoran made a formal complaint to the Government against Mr. Boyce. The Lord-Lieutnant ord ere d a court of inquiry, which lasted about a fortni e ght, and the result has just been made public. It came to the conclusion, from the evidence, Mr. that sub-inspector Boyce h ad unwariant a bly o b s t ructe d Corcoran in the discharge of his duty as a clergyman, excludingand denied to the deceased const a b le liberty to receive the but, l taking the entire religiousthinks report ta hand d d conduct nh the consolationuec evidence of Boyce he i sought for; d enc s e u may adduced t before it, L or d Carlisle fa iry be attributed t o an error of judgment rather than t o any perverse or improper o n r o t p iv in e ion E th is a E t h x e ce i l s le ' n ' dyes however, erving of is of opi n i on that he is some censure" f or th e u the prie s t from r s t e he he c 0 n took sta b l i en after even he had temporarily expressed his determinatio n to become a Roman C a th o li c . H e has, therefore, given orders to the I ns p ec t or G enera l of Constabulary that the co Sub - Inspector "shall be reprimanded) and removed from Dundrum to another station." WIIY WE SHOULD EAT TRUPFLEs.__What the spices of the tropics did for the art of cookery towards the close of the 15th and first half of the 16th cen turies, the rediscovery of the truftla has done for it in the last half of the 18th and in the present ce ntury. It was in. 1720, in the early part of • the reign of Louis XV., that Dubouis, the minister, introduced at his dinner those e' diamants de keuisine," and the Duke of Orleans made truffles aux vies de Champagne 3 dish at every supper— a dish to the daily enjoyment of which, nearly a century later, that prince of diners, Talleyrand, is believed by all profound thinkers to have owed much of the keen shrewd ness of his intellect. Fur truffles, be it remembered, " en liven the mind, exhilarate the spirits, assist flie digestion, Lnd render the reasoning faculties more clear." —The Reader. WORTII SENDING TOR.—The Chicago corres pondent of the .Yew Fork Times writes, under date of the 15th ult. :—" A gentleman arrived in this city from Idaho last week says that when he left it was estimated that there was £15,000,000 dole, in gold in the hands of the miners, awaiting the means of transportation to the States." MADAME RATAZZI'S BALL DRESS. --The Italian journals re l ate the following incident which occur red at a b a ll g i ven at Milan, during Victor En amanuel ' s visit to that city. M os t conspicuous among the ladies was Madame Ratt.zzi in a very striking toilette composed of a white satin tunic embroidered with silver lilies, and accom panied by eight puffed tulle skirts, of which the upper one was studded with floss silk bouquets, each havin g three marabout feathers in the centre. Her head-dress consisted ru which of a cluster of marabout feathers, attached b y her splendid b y , is known among was looking lonlosintgfafomr M ous . I g ta c t ul az s z i i n , Europe as th e " D ue Genevois." Madame Rat azz i' s dress her was t h v e o l s u u na bi t t. ou thatsnsMajesty he n g could not help ra ll ying and, not finding him, ho accosted Madame Ratazzi and laughingly inquired, " Where is M. Ratazzi ? Is it pos sible that he tan have disappeared under your dress ? This sally of his M a j esty was, of course, followed by a universal l. The waters o f t h e S e i ne h ave reached the height of 2 1 metres by the scale at the Pout Royal, Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 2d to 3(1 641 b to 721 b, 3d to 2id ; 721 b to SOlb, 3d to 34d ; bOlb to 881 b, 31d to 4d ; 881 b to 901 b, 31d to 4ld ; 961 b to 1041 b, 4d to 4:ld ; 1041 b to 1121 b, —d to —d. Horse hides, 95 Gd to lOs Gd ; calf skins, light, 2s 6d to 4s Od ; full, 7s Od to Os Od ; polled sheep, 12s Od to 14s Od ; half••breds, lOs Od to 12s Od ; Downs, 8s Od to Os 9d; lambs, Os Od to Os Od; sheatlings, is 8d to Os Od. STATE OF TRADE, NOTTINGHAM, 11th —There was a moderate de mand for lace yarns at this Exchange -hall to-day, and late rates were well maintained. The change in the value of hosiery yarns was unimportant. Silks as before. For brown nets the demand was very flat, but the rates of last week must be quoted. Antiquity of Man. To complete the subject treated of in our number of Thursday, we must notice a paper by M. de Vibraye sent in to the Academy of Sciences at the same time as that of Messrs. Lartet and Christy. M. de Vibraye, while confirming some of the state ments of those gentlemen from his owu observation, adds some new facts of peculiar interest. We have seen primitive man armed with flints; M. de Vibraye shows that although he had no knowledge of metallurgy, he was well aware of the existence of metal, although the drift strata are not me talliferous. In the lower bed of the grottoes of Arcy (Yonne), containing the bones of the ex tinct Ursus spelceus, or fossil bear, our author found a fragment of hydrated iron, exactly si milar to a specimen discovered in a cromlech at La Birochire, near Pornic (Loire-Inferieurc; the same bed also contained a piece of peroxide of man ganese. Two similar spccimens were brought to light in the Fourneau du Diable at Bourdeilles (a reindeer stratum) ; and lastly, a small mass of pure copper, almost entirely covircd with a coating of green carbonate of copper, and cubic crystals of protoxyde of the same metal was dug up in the drift of Laugerie, in the commune of Tayac. AL de Vibraye is decidedly of opinion that some com merce existed in those remote times, because the various manufactured articles found in the drift often lie together with sea-shells, which could only have come from the coast, the drift being of too modern formation to admit of any other explanation of the circumstance. Our author also mentions the discovery of a Intunan atlas (the first vertebra of the neck) amidst an accumulation of bones of the hyena and other extinct species; a fact which tends to carry man's first appearance upon earth several thousand years farther back than any historical record in existence. Among other sin gular discoveries we must not forget to mention a small statue representing a woman, and carved out of an elephant's tusk—a wonderful feat, consider ing that it could only have been achieved with flint implements. The drift is sometimes found to cover places where fires had been made, and the ashes and cinders revealing the fact lie on blocks of limestone foreign to the district, and evidently chosen ex pressly on account of their power of resisting the effects of heat. RI. do Vibraye does not hesitate to admit the existence of man during the geological drift period, and considers the question definitively set at rest.—Galignani. Governor and Mrs. T. T. Stevenstone have left ,he Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street. Conseiller Tartouffa and M. de Reyneaus have arrived at the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, from Paris BARON ROTIiSCIIILD.—In reply to many inquiries with reference to the absence of Baron Rothschild from his Parliamentary duties, we have to state that it is caused through ill health.—City Press. The marriage of Miss Gore, daughter of Gen. the Hon. Sir C. Gore, with her cousin, Colonel Rich, of the 71st Highlanders, great grandson of the late Arthur Saunders, Earl of Arran, was celebrated on Thursday at St. John's Church, Kensington. The bridesmaids were Lady Cecil Hay, Lady Anne Duff, Lady Caroline Gore, Hon. Emily Cathcart, Miss Throckmorton, Miss Gore, Miss Randulf, Miss Shiel, Miss Mutkerke and Miss Stothard. The bride was given away by her gallant father. ETON FOOTBALL—Eton football is very different from that of Rugby. They do not allow the ball to be caught or carried, nor one player to be held, struck, or pushed by another. They have no cross-bar, and in their matches only 11 players are allowed on each side. Their game is at the head of what is called the close system. They commence a game with a bully in the middle of the field, One player on each side, chosen for his skill and s p e ed in running, is placed at the goals to guard them. Two others act as cornerers, to keep the ball in the bullies. The other eight form themselves into a compact wall, two deep, standing shoulder to shoulder, with heads bent down and hands on knees, each side facing the opponent's goal. The ball is placed between these two lines at their toes by one of the cornerers. Then they push and struggle, each side trying to bear the other down, and drive the ball through the ranks. With sides of equal strength, these struggles are often protracted. When the bully is broken up, all is fair kicking at the ball, but every player must keep on the right side, and must avoid sneak ing—that is, kicking the ball along with less than three of his opponents before him. A goal so sneaked does not count. A goal is counted where the ball passes between two poles 11 feet wide. Whenever a ball is kicked out at the sidelines, it is brought straight in, and a bully is formed on the spot. When it passes the goal-line there is a race to touch it. If one of the side to whom the goal belongs first touches it, it is carried to the edge and kicked off into the middle of the ground again; but if an oppo nent touches it first, the grand feature of the Eton game ensues : the ball is planed one yard in front of the centre of the place marked out by the goal-sticks of the side where the ball was touched. The players close up, each side forming a semicircle, with their strongest men in front. They meet each other, the ball being in the centre of these, and then push, kick, and strugg:e, till the weaker side gives way and goes down, the other side falling on the top of them, and the ball being somewhere beneath. In this position they carry on the battle, and continue to writhe and struggle, trying on the one side to creep the goal and drag the ball with them, on the other to drive it away. These struggles scuaetimes continue for 10 minutes. Players get exhausted, and creep out; wipe the beads of perspiration from their faces; and plunge down again with renewed vigour, till at last the ball is dragged through the goal or got away, when every body gets up and declares it very jolly,—Chambers's Jour nal, New and Improved Series. LETTERS FROM IRELAND AND TIIE CONTINENT.-- The Postmaster- Gmeral has made arrangements by which letters brought by the Irish and French night mails, which arrive too late for the first delivery, will now be sent out for distribution in all parts of London at about nine a.m., or a little after; being, except in the East Central District, about an hour earlier than heretofore. This deli very will also include letters posted up to 6 30 a.m., at the receivinz, houses and pillar letter boxes in the suburbs nearest London. HIGH SPRING TlDtS.—Yesterclay the tide at Liverpool rose to an unusual height, and washed over some of the more exposed piers and abutments. There was a strong westerly wind, which appeared to be increas ing last evening, so that there was a probability of a still higher midnight tide. Tli height reached was nearly 21 feet, MANCHESTER, March IL—The market continues very II It and drooping. In shipping yarns only a very limited business has been done. There nave been some offers, but at prices too low to meet with consideration from spinners. We have heard of one or two contracts for 40's for delivery this month and in April, at a moderately fair price, but gece rally buyers appear more disposed to operate where there are available stocks than where goods have to be produced. There are a good number of orders in the hands of merchants, which they have not confi• deuce enough to place at present prices. If they could be sure that yarns had reached the lowest point they would no doubt give out such order, but an im pression still prevails that ell descriptions of cotton goods will continue to decline, and purchasers limit their demands to such only as aro more pressingly required. Home-trade yarns are quoted the same as on Tuesday, and it there is any change it is in favour of buyers. In cloth the same dull feeling prevails to day as on Tuesday. There is almost a total absence of business for all markets; and though the continued decline of prices is attracting the attention of buyers they appear quite as disinclined to do busi ness as they have been at any time during this month past. The consequence of this inactivity is that prices are again somewhat easier, though in the absence of business to test them it would be difficult to give reliable quotations. Messrs. Pender and Co., in their semi-monthly circular for India of Wednesday, say the dulness reported at the close of last month has gradually increased, and during the past week has amounted to positive stagnation. They add that " quotations are now irregular and rather lower, though comparatively little afftcted in consequence of the smallness of stocks and the moderate extent of production." They report that in Calcutta goods, during the past fortnight, only a few sales of light fabrics are reported, while the sales for China are trifling. For Bombay business limited-39 inch 531 b. gray shirtings, 12s 93 to 13s 3d ; 71b, 17s to 18s; wide shirtings dull at 2s 6d to 2s 7id per lb; long cloths nominal at 2s 3d to 2s 4d per lb. India yarns Id per lb. down in the last fortnight. ELECTION I(he 7 981 91 8, CITY BETTING—Tnis DAY. INTORTIIAMETONSIIIKE STAKES. Bto 1 agst Lioness (taken) 10 to 1 agst Blithfield (taken) 13 to 1 agst Gardener (taken) 11 to 1 agst Dollar (taken) 16 to l agst Fair :titer (taken) 20 to 1 aget Touch -and-Go 29 to 1 aget Gibraltar Very little betting. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, STIR,EWSEITRY SPRING RACES.-FRIDAY, Le Marechal made play, followed by Despair and Aure lian, the latter shortly afterwards taking second place. In this order they came into the straight, and opposite the stand Despair rushed to the leader's quarters, but never succeeded in quite getting up, Le Marechal winning a fine race by a head; three parts of a length between the second and third. The Spring Steeplechase of 100 sous, added to a handicap sweepstakes of 10 soya each, sft; the second saved his stage. About 31 miles. Mr Court's Vivandiero, 6 yrs, lOst 91b (W White) 1 Mr Herveys Hermit, aged, lOst 91b (Knott) 2 Jerry and Da Reuter also ran. Betting -6 to 4 agd Vivandiere, 2to 1 egst Do Reuter, and 3 to 1 agst Hermit jumped oft with a strong lead, Vivandiere lyiug second, and Jerry and Da Reuter in the order named. Hermit maintained the lead during the whole of the first and second rounds, Vivandiero and Do Reuter alter nately occupying second position, but Jerry tiring early in the race, pulled up in the last turn; De Reuter, who had been going rather unkindly, refused at the road in the middle of the last round. The race was left to Hermit and Vivandiere, the latter winning by ten lengths. The Selling Hurdle Race of 3 soya each, with 20 added for 3.yr-olds and upwards; weight for age, with selling allowances. 1!1 miles, over six flfghts of hurdles. 6 subs. Mr Barber's Cutler, 5 yrs, 12st 21b (25 soya) .... (Knott) 1 Mr Bird's Lady of the Isles, 4 yrs, list 41b (25 soya) (Sharp) 2 Mr Parkinson' s Kiss Me Quick, 6 yr s , 12st 71b (50 sovs) (Grosvenor) 3 Betting -4 to lon Cutler. Lady of the Isles made the most of the running, followed by Kiss-me-Quick and Cutler. Kiss-me Quick died away at the distance, and Cutler won in a canter by eight lengths, four lengths between the second and third. The Longner Steeplechase, a handicap plate of 50 sovs. 21 miles. Lord Uibridf,, , es Marble Hill, 5 yrs, lOst 01b Mr Holman' s O ver th e Sea, agcd, lOst 2 (Mr Edwards) 1 1b (G. Holman) 3 Mr Newm an ' s Paroquet, 105 t... (G. White) 3 Mr Griffith's Whitel ess , age d , lO st 21b (Meadow) 4 Pot Pourri also ran. Betting -6 to 4on Over the Sea, sto 2 agst Paroquet, 4 to 1 agat Marble Hill. Over the Sea took the lead, followed by Paroquet and Marble Hill ; and the favourite kept his position until enter ing the straight, where Marble Hill went to the front, and won by a length; a bad third, BETTING AT MANCHESTER—FEIDAY. The attendance of subscribers here to-day was very small, and betting was little more than nominal. The only horse backed was Lioness for the Northamptonshire Stakes, 13 to 2 being taken freely. Closing prices : THE GREAT NORTITAMPTONSHIRE STARES. 6to 1 agst Lioness (oilared)-13 to 2 taken freely 100 to 9on the field, bar one—(offered) AQUATICS. UNIVERSITY BOAT RACE. Yesterday the Oxonians rowed for the first time over tho course, from Putney to Mortlake, destined for this interesting event on the 19th inst., but never did a crow make its debut upon the water under more disadvantageous circumstances. The wind was blowing half a gale from the westward, and, meeting and flanking the flood, rendered the water so ex tremely rough and lumpy, that had not the oars been tied into the rowlocks, they could scarcely have been kept at work. There was a very largo assemblage of old University and other gentlemen, including a number of Churchmen, present to witness this the first triil over the course. The crew got into their boat at the London. Rowing Club boat house at a little before 4, and proceeded down to opposite the Star and Garter, where they turned and prepared to go off. The start, under the difficulties that they had to encounter, s as exceedingly good, but the labour for the first 300 or 400 yards was so severe as to create a great amount of irregularity, and with aught but the high action of the oars incidental to the Oxford style it would have been impossible to have cleared them from the water, and it was generally supposed that they would abandon their in tention of proceeding the whole distance, but they gallantly pursued their way, although momentarily covered with spray, and with their boat at !pit waterlogged, their wash break forward having been carried away by the roughness of the water, and arrived at Mortlake thoroughly drenched a few seconds under 27 minutes, with a bad tide. The crews, with their present weights, are as follows : SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day, The Hawkstone Cup (handicap), value 100 sovs, by sub scription of 10 sovs each. One mile Mr Walker's Le Mar6chal, 4 yrs, Est 12Ib (Loates) 1 Lord Bateman's Despair, 5 yrs, 7st 13Ib ....(Fordham) 2 Betting -2 to lon Despair. L 3 Marechal made all the running :and won in a canter by a length and a half, the favourite never being able to get on any terms with him. The Borough Members' Plato (handicap) of 50 save, au, to a sweepstakes of 5 sous each, for 3-yr-olds and up wards. About 1 mile. 5 subs. Mr Walker's Colonel Crockett, 6 yrs, 7st 21b IMr Capol's B r i g ht Cl ou d , 4 yrs, 7at slb (Loates) (Tomlinson) 2 Lord Uxbridge's J u p on, 3 yrs, Est 21b (Hullo) 3 Betting -6 to 4on Might Cloud, and 2to 1 agst Colonel Crockett. Jupo n ma d e the running, followed by Colonel Crockett and Bright Cloud to the turn, where the latter went to the front, but was soon afterwards headed by the Colonel, who had his horses safe at the stand, and won in the commonest of canters by 15 lengths; a length between the second and third. The Attingham Handicap of 3 sovs each, with 20 added, for 3-yr-olds and upwards. Three-quarters of a mile. 4 subs. Mr Mansfield's Damascus, 6 yrs, Bst 91b.... (T. French) 1 Mr Griffith's Little Saxon, 3 yrs, 7st 21b Betting-5 to lon Damascus, who made the whole of the running, and Little Saxon falling on rounding the tarn, the favourite cantered in alone. The Shropshire Sweepstakes (handicap) of 10 sovs each, 5 ft, with 60 added, for 3-yr-olds and upwards; the second saved his stake. Shropshire Course 1f mile. 7 subs. Mr K. Walker's Le Mar4chal, 4 yrs, 7st 10lb (in. 141 b extra) (Loates) 1 Lord Bateman's Despair, 5 yrs, Bst llb (includ 51b extra) For 2 Lord Westmoreland' s A ure li an, 6 yrs, 9st (in ( 1 ext ra) 4lbra) (J. Goater) 3 Betting -5 to 4 ags t A ure li an, 9to 4 agst Despair, and 5 to 2 agst Le Marechal. OXFORD. et lb C. P. Roberts, Trinity W, Awdry, Balliol F. H. Kelley, University J. C. Parson, Trinity W. B. Jacobson, Christ Church l2 7 A. E. Seymour, University, M. Brown, Trinity D. Pocklington, Brasenose C. R. Tottenham, Christ Church (cox) 7 0 CIMBRIDGE. at lb J. C. Ilawkshaw, Trinity E. V. Pigott, Corpus .. 11 11 IL Watson, Pembroke.. W. W. Hawkins, St. John's R. A. Kinglake, Trinity G. Borthwick, Trinity F. Stevenson, Trite. Hall l2 1 J. R. Selwyn, Trinity .... U. H. Archer, Corpus, (c0x.).... It will bo seen by the above that several alterations have taken place in the Cambridge boat since the crew was last noticed. They have been throughout the week training at Ely, where they have had to encounter very severe weather. It has been arranged that they shall come to Putney this evening, and it is expected their first turn over the course will be on Monday afternoon. Betting is 7t04 on Oxford, and is brisk. MR. BROOKS, M.P.—We (Dorset Chronicle) regret to announ ce t h e ser io u s illness of R o b ert Brooks, Esq., M.P. for Weymouth, who has been confined to his room for the lost ten (Jaye; but we are happy t o add that ho i s now rap idl y recov ering , and his m edical at tendants give ever y h o p e that in the course of a few days he will be enabled to leave his room and attend, as usual, to his Parliament ar y duties. Ills illness at the present moment was the more to be regretted, as it prevented him from voting in favour of Colonel Edwards's motion, and against the insult put upon the members of th e Yeomanry Cavalry by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Govern ment, and the Liberal party,in obedienc e to the orders of the Manchester clique. Lieutenant Fleury, who was some months since tried for the murder of a washerwoman in the Pas sage de Cherbourg, and condemned to twenty years' im pgradation and surveillance of risonment with military d e the police, but whoao sentence:was annulled on an infor mality in receiving part of the evidence, has just been tried again by the Mili tary Tribunal. The evidence given was exactly to the same effect as on the first trial. 'the Tribunal found tho prisoner guilty with extenuating cir cumstances, and condemned him to only ten years' impri. sonment, instead of twenty, with military degradation and surveillance of the Police as on the first trial. SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF -PAST 4 o'CLocK. SPAIN. Mimi!), March IL—The que,stion of the Alti nides Railway, nhicil LES been again brought forward by M. Salamanca, has just been definitively set eside by the (;or•tes, who Lave adopted by a majority of 105 to 28 the Ardanaz proporition, which restricts the rights of individual initiative rektive to demands for concession of new lines. THIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. TATTERSALL'S—This Evening, Ided 1 NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAXE4. Sto 1 agst Lioness (offered) 11 to 1 agst Blithfield (taken) 100 to 8 agst Gardener (offered) 100 to 8 agst Dollar (offered) 14 to 1 agst:Wingrave (offered) 20 to 1 egst Costa (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Gibraltar (offered) 25 to 1 agst Union Jack (taken) CITY AND SUBURBAN. 25 to 1 agat Jarnicoton (taken) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 11 to 2 agst Cambusean (taken) 6to 1 agst Fille de l'Air (taken) DERBY. 17 to 2 agst Scottish Chief (taken) 100 to 8 agst Canibuscan (taken) 15 to 1 agst Coastguard (taken) 22 to 1 agst Blair Athol (taken) 25 to 1 agst Idler (taken) 28 to 1 agst Ackworth (taken) 28 to 1 agst Ely (taken) 30 to 1 agst:First Flight (taken) 30 to 1 agst Birch Broom (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Solon (taken) MANCHESTER BETTING—Tnis DAY. NORTIrA3IPTONSHIRE STAKES. 100 to 15 agst Lioness (off) 10 to 1 apt Blithfield (taken) 100 to 8 agst Gardener (taken) 100 to 6 agst Dollar (taken) 100 to 6 agst Benjamin (taken) 40 to 1 agst Despair (taken) Lioness at one time was in great force at 6 to 1. Captain Grant's Cooking Apparatus. The committee appointed by Lord De Grey to in vestigate the claims of Capt. Grant for remunera tion over and above the sum orsurns already awarded him in consideration of the services he has rendered to the public in respect to the introduction of his system of cooking, having met, from time to time, and taken such evidence as they considered neces sary for the purpose of elucidating the subject, have agreed to the following report. They find that,Cap t Grant was employed by direction of the Secretary of State for War in superintending the erection of various cooking apparatus for barracks and camps on his system, from 1855 to 1859, and that the total sum which he has received from the Government for the expenses connected with his personal super intendence amounts to £1,3G5 135., of which £852 3s. was on account of his barrack apparatus, and £513 102., on account of his field apparatus. The expenses attending the construction and fitting up of both kinds of apparatus have been paid by the public. Capt. Grant founds his claim to further re• muneration upon the large saving to the country in the consumption of fuel in army cooking since the introduction of his apparatus ; but he makes no claim on account of the services rendered by him for improving the comfort and condition of the British soldier. The committee consider that cre dit is due to Capt. Grant for !laving been the first to call the attention of the Government to the ab sence of system in the cooking for the army, espe cially in the case of large bodies of troops, and for his disinterested exertions in endeavouring to im prove this service. From the circumstance that at the time when Capt. Grant's apparatus was first used the issues of fuel for cooking were not made separately from the general barrack issues it is im possible to form an accurate comparison between the consumption in the then ordinary methods of cooking and that which resulted from the employ ment of the apparatus. It is probable that there was formerly great waste, which the attention drawn to the subject by the use of the apparatus was the means of correcting; but since other means of economising fuel have been introduced results equal to or even exceeding the saving which has been attributed by Capt. Grant to his apparatus have been obtained. The committee refer to the evi dence and returns appended to this report in illustra tion of this conclusion. The committee therefore con sider that Capt. Grant's claim, so far as it rests upon a saving of expense to the public from the use of his apparatus, cannot be admitted. The only other principle of remuneration brought under their no tice is the grant of a royalty on the apparatus. It is to be observed hereon that the offer made by the Secretary of State in 1858 to grant a royalty of £35 on each apparatus for 500 men that might be erected (which offer was declined•by Capt. Grant) was made at a time when this apparatus was sup posed to be the best, and likely to be brought into general use. Since then opinions have undergone a change, and with the evidence before the committee of the superiority of steel boilers in point of eco nomy and convenience they cannot recommend a royalty in respect to Captain Grant's apparatus already erected, in the view of their being a success. But in the event of their use being hereafter ex tended it would be reasonable to revive the proposal for the grant of a royalty, and to reconsider the question of the term for which it should be allowed. Having been led to these conclusions by the evi dence submitted to them, the committee feel bound to add that they consider Capt. Grant is entitled to remuneration for his services, which were accepted by the Government, and continued with its sanc tion, and which by 'drawing the attention of the military authorities to the question of the defective arrangement for cooking in the army, have been a means of leading to good results. The last payment of £5OO to Capt. Grant was intended by Lord Herbert to be in full satisfaction of all his claims, but it was not SO accepted by Capt. Grant, and he has explain e d t o th e co mm i ttee that tho total payments made to him, amounti ng in all to £1,365 133., have not been more than sufficient to cover the personal expenses incurred b y him in con. nection with the barrack and field apparatus. Under these circumstances, therefore, the committee have s T u n r e c a t i s o u n r y o f s t h h o e u L la or h d o s Commissioners of her decided to recommend that the Alaj greet of claimsX l ,o . oo T t h o is C r a e p e t o a m m i oGran t btai obtained e i d n forful full recognition o f g u further o r o f his only to th e b arrac k , not to the Geld apparatus, the latter not havin g b een a d opted ffoar e l nd n a th a p t ep i o aßrenrt ppe vu i sc2 l ,e The report is signed by Lord Hartington, Sir E. Lugard, Mr. H. H. Cli fiord Capt. Douglas Galton, and Mr. G. Arbuthnot. TUE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, NATAL, ST. HELENA, AND ASCENSION.-A 3 many letters for the Cape of Good Hope, Natal, St. Helena, and Ase:nsion continue to be posted insufficiently prepaid, the public are reminded that letters for any of those places, wLea not specialty directed to be sant by private ship, are forwarded by nigli packet, and aro chargeable with the following rates of postage, viz :—Fur a letter not exceeding ? t ea, Is—above Y z oz and not exceeding lcz, 23—above loz, and not exceed- Ilez, 3s—above ILez, and not exceeding 2oz, 42—for every additional lez, Is. In all cases where the whole postage ie not paid in advance the letters are charged, on deliver;y, with an additional rate of Is, besides the amount of the de ficient postago. MAI?SHAL I WMA HON AND THE CAMP OF CHALONS. —The 2 1 1onite . ur of yesterday gives prominence to the following announcement:—"A foreign journal cites among the number of symptoms which have ala rme d some minds the appointmq . n: of Marshal M‘Mahon t o com mandh telnatrhsheaelasmapreofegeuhalaly e ntitled to exer c i se this imprrtant Chalons again in 1564. A ssuredly all command ; but they are appointed to it by th e choice of the Emperor, and not by s trict ordor of rotation. The nomina • tion of Marshal 31 , Mahon isin no way i rregular ; therefore as to th e compos ition of the div isional staff pl ace d upon hi s orders it will be wade according to the, or di nary b as i s and regulations," G 7 36 16 92 106 40 21 1031 38 )7 04 109 t 7 108 I 1261 I 1041 261 6 1031 1 9 1 i